Agencies Must Disclose Records Maintained In Electronic Format
The Town of Boylston’s reason for refusing to abide by a FOIL request is… Quickbooks. Anyone familiar with the platform knows that records can be easily extracted and shared and this claim is nonsensical.
Department of Labor Abusing the FOIL Disclosure Exemptions
A FOIL request for records between two public agencies was denied for blanket exemption claims. As more and more agencies deny requests without stating explicit reasons, transparency becomes harder to grasp. GJC hopes to remedy this by setting a precedent in this case against DOL and the Town of Queensbury.
The Public Has A Right To Know What It’s Paying
The Long Island Power Authority entered into a contract with Deepwater Wind and refuses to disclose the contract price— even though taxpayers are the ones paying for it.
Challenging Nassau County’s Secret Assessments
How a Nassau County woman’s quest to discover comparable sale values could help New Yorkers challenge their property assessments
Public Campaign Finance Commission
GJC Sues Public Campaign Finance Commission for Records
Fighting for Vocational Freedom
Lori Smith is a Certified Equine Sports Massage Therapist and horse enthusiast. She was ordered by the state of New York to cease and desist her horse massage therapy business, “Five Feathers Equine Massage.”
Uncovering Nassau County Assessment Secrets
The Government Justice Center has filed a lawsuit in state Supreme Court in Nassau County on behalf of Mr. Duffy to grant him and other residents access to the algorithm used in determining real residential property values in the recent countywide reassessment process.
Blocking Albany’s Unconstitutional Pay Raises
The GJC has filed a lawsuit in state Supreme Court in Albany to block unconstitutional actions by the state Committee on Legislative and Executive Compensation.
GJC Files JCOPE Complaint Against Attorney General
The Government Justice Center today filed a complaint with the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) detailing misconduct by New York State Attorney General Barbara Underwood, and Special Assistant Attorneys General Matthew Eisenson and Gavin McCabe. AG Underwood and her assistants are violating New York’s ethics law, the complaint explains, by accepting funding from […]
Uncovering Scaffold Law Data
On May 9, 2018, the Government Justice Center filed a petition on behalf of the Empire Center for Public Policy in the New York County Supreme Court in Empire Center for Public Policy, Inc. v. New York State Department of Financial Services, Index No. 154321/2018. Among other things, the Empire Center performs research and produces […]